More awesome weather please!

The weather this entire week was amazing and it helped us all to remember that good weather really is possible after such a harsh winter.  Britton had his first two soccer games of the season and both were at home.  On Tuesday Jameson and I arrived just in time to see Britton walk onto the field to start the JV game.  We didn't know he would be starting the game so that was a fun surprise.  He had a fantastic game and did really well on Friday, too.

For the last 5 years Britton has been #22, but now he is #31. Here he is getting ready to go back into the game after a short rest.

For Jenna's birthday I bought her a ticket to see "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" at Hale Center Theater so on Thursday I checked her out of school a bit early and we drove down to see the play.  It had a 4 p.m.start time which worked perfectly with our schedule since we were able to watch the play and still arrive home before dark.  We really loved the production. HTC always does such a great job.

Jenna really loves musicals and is constantly listening to Broadway songs on her phone. Her latest obsession is "Hamilton".  She knows every word to every song and is always playing the music for us around the house. Hamilton is actually coming to SLC in 2018, but getting tickets is going to be VERY VERY difficult since Salt Lake will be one of the first cities to have it after it's incredible run on Broadway.

I'm sure Adam would like the theater, but he doesn't get a lot of opportunities to go since Jenna and Korinne and even Britton usually claim first dibs on any tickets I manage to get.

Spring is almost here!

Soccer tryouts for the high school team were Feb 27, 28 and Mar 1 and Britton was there working hard to show the coaches he should be part of the team. (They don't have a freshman/sophomore team, only JV and Varsity.) They didn't post the results until after 11 p.m. on Mar 1st (which on a school night was lame, in my opinion) but when the list the posted Britton was on it and was one of only 5 freshman.  I jumped up and ran into Britton's room and said, "Congratulations! You're on the team" and he jumped out of bed faster than I have ever seen him and said, "I am?! Yes!" He has wanted to make the high school team ever since he started club soccer when he was 10.  I am thrilled because my soccer mom life just got a whole lot easier!! I no longer have to drive him across town 2 nights a week and read book in my car while waiting for practice to end, and we no longer have to drive to away games an hour before game time, etc.  Practice is after school and the next door neighbor is on the team, too, and is a Senior so he just brings Britton home with him when it's over.  Home games are now a mile from my house instead of across town and since he'll be riding a bus to away games we only have to get there by game time. Not only that but we no longer have to worry about Saturday games! Seriously, this set up is the BEST and I am very happy.

On Wednesday morning Adam came home from basketball early and was limping badly.  He had come down on someone else's foot and really sprained his ankle.  It's actually kind of amazing he hasn't had more basketball related injuries since he has been playing basketball 3 times a week for the last 15 years, but this one was bad enough that he found the use of crutches beneficial for the first 2 days.  The sandals were a nice look, weren't they? His ankle was so swollen he couldn't get shoes on. 

He is walking again, but his ankle is very bruised and still sore.  I'm sure he'll be back playing basketball by the end of the week, however,as he doesn't like to be away for too long.

Korinne participated in the 5th Grade Geography Bowl this on Friday.

I really like the Geography Bowl because the kids learn so much that they wouldn't have time to learn in class.  For 6 weeks leading up to the bowl the students that want to participate go to 3 extra study sessions every week before or after school.

We are starting to see some spring like weather and I think everyone around here is downright giddy.  I was able to dust off my road bike yesterday and go for my first ride of the season.  Ah, it's nice to know the end of winter is in sight and while I'm sure we may still have some cold days ahead, at least we know the worst of the season is behind us.